European leaders who have struggled to come up with a common response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the humanitarian response to the Gaza Strip are meeting in Brussels, where they will agree to call for “humanitarian corridors and pauses” in fighting to allow safe deliveries of aid.
In their first in-person meeting since Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel, which prompted retaliatory attacks and a blockade on Gaza, EU leaders are under pressure to show unity.
